New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-27

the kind.
The bill rcorgon!zing the Brooklyn Board OF
Aldermen passed the Assembly yesterday. Accord
ing to The Eagles correspondent 1.-THE Governor
will veto it, OF course nc VIII II BOSS
Mclaughlin wants him to, and rs it is n measure
in the interest OF justice to the Republican mi
nority it Is ha dly likely that the BOSS VIII let
1t become law if he can help it,
Now that General Boulanger IS the pivotal factor
upon whom the French Ministerial crisis turns, 1t
Is interesting to recall that his entrance TO the
War Office was ignom nousy effected lie was
literally forced into it, against the Prime Minis
tcr's will. by NJ Cl'mNnceau, who made General
liouIan-er's appointment the condition on which
alone he and his fellow Radicals would support
the Government OF NJ. de Freycinet. And NJ.
CIemonceau did this for General Boulanger not
because OF any love for the man. but merely as
pavment OF n political debt 1t has taken a very
short time for this offspring of a deal to attain
proporions that dominate the whole Government
We all concede the pertinacty with which
Democratic statesmen struggle TO have their own
way; but really Mr.. Sheehan must have over-esti-
mated the self-denial and staying power OF The
lnfty-four members OF the minority in the Assembly
wncn he said on Wednesday that they were
perfectly willing 10 go without food and drink to
maintain their rights. Food possibly; but drink
no. MIR. shechan must have been mistaken
Attorney General Garland evidently does not
believe that MIR. Cleveland be reelected.
IOthcrwise he would not talk Of retiring from The
Department OF Justice in 1859.
The audience at the Opera Comi1uc were OK
pcctlng an interesting fire, but not the dreadful
conilagration and panic that actually occurred.
In the second act a palace was to be burned
making a bright, cheerful blaze, and an artificial
fire apparatus was TO be brought on. Before the
first act had closed red tongues Of flame were
tapping up the inilammable finder Of The stage
and a panic-striclsen audience was rushing out u
the theatre. The mimic palace burned among the
earliest Of the stage fixtures, and nobody remained
to enjoy the picturesque effect. As for the fire
cXtnguisher, which ought TO have been useful IN
pract,sed hands 1t came humping down from the
top OF the stage and exploded in the RUNS
"Ihe New-Yorl1 Telegram expresses the opinion
that "the great body Of Independent voters who
profoundly disrusted Governor Hill have revised
Their opinion And Tho Telegram Is not n
pro fessedly comic paper either. 1t is long time
since the great body Of independent voters received
so bad n blow.
We pity Democratic members Of the Legislature
who represent reputable districts in the interior
What they going TO say when asked 10 explain
their opposition tcthe Crosby and The Nedder Dhs'
There is a Characteristic pathos in the death OF
tho victims Of theatre fire. They are pleasure
seekers who have gone for few hOuB 10 find
relaxation from the inspid joys RELIEF from the
carlling cares of life. Families are clustered TO-
gether, acquaintonces are chatting gayly togcth-
en- lovers are whispering OF coming happiness
and all have minds fixed upon a bright. rolliclung
world in which little leisure is ordinarily
counted upon before death has TO be faced. There
have been no prcmonitions Of calamity, when the
catastrophe suddenly occurs In moment comes
the transition from joyous recreation to feeling
or paralyzing dread-an interval Of hcartrendlnS
the sudden doom Of death.
When tho Governor sits down and figures up
how much personal and party capital he has made
by his buncombe nominations aud partisan vctocs,
II may occur to him that The balance Is ON the